Getting these shots required much patience.
f3.6 at 1/400 s exposure
Hummingbird
Charleston Eats: Five Loaves Cafe
Ultimate BLT
Charleston Eats: Kim’s Korean and Japanese Steak and Seafood House
I first developed a taste for Korean food during my stay in Detroit, so I was very happy to discover Kim’s when I first moved to Charleston.
Kim’s is located in West Ashley on Old Towne Rd in a building that almost looks like it belongs in an alpine setting. The interior decor, even though it’s been renovated to add Japanese hibachi and sushi, doesn’t look like much. Covered up in the middle of the tables is what used to be a small gas stove, where at one point you could grill your own meat. Can’t do that anymore though.
Don’t let appearances put you off though. The food is where the action is really at. The bul-go-gi is always excellent and hasn’t changed in the 11 years I’ve been visiting Kim’s.
I usually end up ordering the family dinner for 2 (which can really feed 3-4), which gets you the pork, chicken and/or beef bul-go-gi, rice and the usual side dishes: kim-chi, bean sprouts, vegetables thoroughly doused in red hot sauce. The pachung (green onion pancake) is usually pretty good too.
Haven’t tried the sushi bar or the Japanese part of the restaurant yet. Usually when I go it’s Korean that I want. If you want Korean food, Kim’s is the place to go.
PhD Year 2
Starting off the first semester of my second year next week.
On the schedule for this year is Structural Biomechanics (BioE 820), Biomedical Basis for Engineered Replacement (BioE 846) and the weekly seminar class (BioE 800).
Going to be a busy semester coming up I think.
Political pontificating
Talking politics is something I try to avoid, mostly because it’s a topic I’m not all that well versed in aside from the sound bites I get through the news, or only develop half-formed opinions/responses.
Road tripping to Florence, SC yesterday though, there was a lot of NPR being listened to. Half-formed or not, I figured I might as well spit these thoughts out.
Prop 8
I fail to see how anybody can reasonably defend the position that gay marriage is ok as long as it’s not called a marriage. If you’re going to reserve the term “marriage” for only church/religion sanctioned unions, then I guess all those heterosexual couples that got married by a judge or some other officiant are SOL too.
Social Security
Employee social security taxes are apparently capped at something like the first $93k or so of your income. How much more could be added to the social security trust fund if the cap was removed? Perhaps not too much, but some is better than none, right?
Repealing the Bush tax cuts
When it came to extending unemployment benefits, there was much gnashing and wailing by Republicans who said that the extension shouldn’t be passed because it wasn’t paid for. Well, here’s a way to pay for it and maybe a few other things.
Cropmob
One word: genius
Back to my irregularly scheduled ramblings